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Damocles Revisions
I’m experimenting with a different topology now. I changed things up so that now the blackface channel just uses 2 gain stages with the tone stack in between. This is more like most blackface amps. I...
View ArticleStill Working On the Damocles
I’ve been messing with this amp more and ended up changing the topology again. Right now I have it so there is a 2 gain stage black face channel with the tone stack in between. In addition to that...
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Latest Damocles Schematic
After much soldering I think I might be done. I have two OD gain stages that can be switched in front of the Fender-like clean channel. In OD mode there is a good amount of gain available. Here is the...
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Damocles Head Cabinet
Here is the head cabinet I made for this amp. It’s shelving boards, drawer handle and floor molding. I have no wood working skills so I do what I can
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Revisiting and Simplifying The Loco Fiasco
I recently tried another design in my test chassis but it didn’t turn out so well. I ended up putting it back to the Loco Fiasco design but I ended up making some changes. I simplified it a great deal....
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Back to Basics with the Loco Fiasco
After going down the modification rabbit hole with this amp I ended up putting things back to how I had them, pretty close to the original schematic. It’s a nice simple amp now and sounds pretty good...
View ArticleFiasco Tweaks
Generally I’m still happy with the Loco Fiasco after playing it for a few days. I tried to do a little recording with it and I think I might need to do a slight tweak to reduce the low end a little....
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Blue Moon Lite Clip
Here’s a little clip of my Blue Moon Lite. It’s a 18 watt TMB type amp. This is the schematic: And this is the clip: Blue Moon Lite with a Les Paul
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The 5E3 Park LE
I’m trying out a new circuit in my test chassis. It’s based on the Park LE 1231 and 1273. Park amps were made by Marshall and some shared Marshall circuits and some didn’t. This one didn’t. It has 3...
View ArticleSlow on the Amp Building Front
I haven’t been doing much with amps these past few weeks. I’m doing some schoolin’ so the home work and classes are really biting into my soldering time. Even so, I’m slowly building up a list of...
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Park LE + JCM5E3 + Blue Moon Lite + Mimosa Mash Up
Over the Christmas holidays I’ll be taking a little break from school so I’m thinking about doing a little amp project. This would be a redo of the Blue Moon Lite by combining it with ideas from the...
View ArticleBuilt a Theremin!
It’s not a guitar amp but it’s a something I had wanted to do for a long time and finally got around to it. I had originally planned on building a tube based theremin, and maybe someday I still will,...
View ArticleClip of my Minimum Theremin 101
This is a quick clip I made with my tablet. The sound is not that good but it gives an idea what it sounds like. Lately I have been running it through my TMC1 and using a Chandler Tube Overdrive. That...
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Park LE with EL84s
I think I’m pretty much done with my Park redo. I ended up keeping it pretty close to stock. It has some different values, mostly in the PI, and a mid boost switch, same as on my 6V6 version. I also...
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Revisiting the Loco Fiasco Yet Again with a Different PI
Since the original Loco Fiasco design eventually morphed into the Park LE I’m thinking about taking another crack at it. However, I’m pretty much done with the cathodyne PI for now. Now I’m thinking of...
View ArticleSchematic Heaven
The site that is hosting schematic heaven says that Schematic Heaven will go away by the end of the month. Chasing Tone has a mirror site here. There are a couple ads to hopefully help cover the cost...
View ArticleA Clean Bench Might Mean New Amps
I just spent most of last weekend cleaning off my bench and the surrounding disaster area. Over the last few months it became the dumping zone for whatever we didn’t want in the house. Now that’s its...
View ArticleOne Knob Tone Control Palooza
At Chasing Amp Tone we put up a list of one knob tone controls. It has some standards, such as the Tweed tone control that was in a ton of old Fender amps and some more obscure ones. It’s fun stuff to...
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Damocles Head Cabinet
Here is the head cabinet I made for this amp. It’s shelving boards, drawer handle and floor molding. I have no wood working skills so I do what I can
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High Gain Build with Clean Channel
I’ve started working on a high gain build based on the SLO. I’m planning on using just 3 6N2Ps and a pair of Russian 6P3S-E’s though I’ll try other 6L6 type tubes to see how they sound. This is the...
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